April 27, 2000. Berkeley, CA.

4D Inc Announces First Annual WebSTAR Summit

StarNine Technologies, Inc. publishers of the WebSTAR Server Suite and 4D,
Inc. publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment, announced today
that they will host the first annual WebSTAR Summit Conference to be held
October 4-8 in San Diego, California.

WebSTAR Summit 2000 will have sessions and programs highlighting technical
issues concerning WebSTAR users of all levels and backgrounds presented by
StarNine employees and members of WebSTAR’s Third-Party community. For more
information regarding program structure and event location please visit
(http://www.WebSTARSummit.com) .

“The WebSTAR Summit will provide an environment for WebSTAR users to
harness the complete set of high-end features that only WebSTAR has to
offer,” said Brendan Coveney, President, 4D Inc. “We hope that this will be
the first of many WebSTAR Summits to come.”

Planning is still in the initial stages, as more information becomes
available it will be posted on the WebSTAR Summit site. Or you can visit
(http://www.WebSTARSummit.com) and submit your email address to receive
updates as information becomes available.

The URL for this press release is:
http://www.4D.com/press/press_releases/pr042700_WebSTAR_Summit.html

About WebSTAR Server Suite
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Designed for ease of use, the WebSTAR Server Suite features
high-performance Web, FTP, Mail and Proxy servers integrated in a modular
application, with secure, IP-based remote administration. The first
commercially supported Web Server on the market, WebSTAR was initially
released in 1995 and is now the defacto standard for Web serving on the Mac
OS.

About 4D, Inc.
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Located in San Jose, California, 4D, Inc. is the US distributor of 4th
Dimension and the 4D family of products, which has set the relational
database standard for over fifteen years. 4D, Inc., formerly ACI US, Inc.,
publishes a tightly integrated suite of professional, cross-platform
web-embedded development tools. 4D Inc is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of
4D SA, formerly ACI SA. StarNine Technologies is a 100 percent subsidiary
of 4D, Inc. StarNine publishes the award winning WebSTAR Server Suite 4.2,
a complete set of four high-performance servers in one easy to use
application.

For more information regarding 4D’s acquisition of StarNine please visit
the 4D, Inc. web site at: http://www.4D.com/hottopics/4D_and_WebSTAR.html.

4D, Inc. 4th Dimension RDBMS &
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San Jose, CA 95128 USA Products & Services

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